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"Mr. Snart…" Rip stopped him as he was about to leave the common area.
"Yeah…?"
"I could use you on this mission… If you're up to it…"
This teased Leonard's interest, and he hobbled closer to the captain of the ship.
"Do tell, Englishman…"
"It's just recon…" Rip explained. "Okay… Maybe a little sleight of hand…"
"I don't care… Just tell me what you want me to do…"
"We need a couple of you to head into a hospital and steal a flash-drive and an amulet we think is hidden there…"
"I'm on it! When and where are we headed?"
Rip smirked and motioned for Len to follow him to the computer table. A map of the city of San Francisco was displayed, and the hospital was highlighted.
"We are going to the year 2005… June 2005…"
"Okay, let's get going!"
Rip smiled and nodded. "After dinner…"
"Okay… After dinner…"
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A few hours later, Leonard hopped into the hospital. Mick was supporting him, and they had left his crutches back at the Waverider.
Gideon had provided them with a gadget that made his leg look like he didn't have any previous scarring, but it also made his knee look extra swollen and bruised. It looked so real even he would have believed it… If it hadn't been his leg of course… It even felt real when you touched it…
They put on a good show as they hobbled over to the front desk at the emergency room.
Len made himself seem short of breath, he winced and moaned every now and then… He saw a glimpse of compassion in the nurse's eyes as they reached her.
"What has happened here?" she asked and motioned toward Len's leg.
"Football accident…" Mick answered for him, and wiped away some sweat forming on his forehead. Len wasn't the biggest or heaviest around, but acting as a crutch for him was hard work just the same…
"Think I tore my knee…" Len explained with a grimace.
The nurse nodded and handed them few papers.
"If you could fill out these, I will find a wheelchair for you…"
"Thank you…" Len smiled vaguely and read her name tag, "Emily…"
The nurse blushed and headed off to find a wheelchair. As soon as she disappeared around a corner, Len turned to Mick…
"You get the amulet, I take the computer stuff…"
Mick nodded and let go of Len.
"Hey, still can't walk on my own!"
"Right…" Rory remembered and resumed his position as a personal crutch.
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The nurse came back with the wheelchair, and Len placed himself in it with some help of Mick.
"Are Nick Anderson on at the Radiology today?"
The nurse nodded, "He just got on… Know him?"
"Yeah… We served together way back when…"
"You were in the Marines together?"
Len nodded from his seated position, "We were, we were deployed to Bosnia at the same time too…"
"You were with him when he…?"
"When he got the facial scar? Yeah…" Len acted along, they had done their research. "But don't tell him it's me, I kinda want to surprise him…"
The nurse nodded, "Alright…"
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Len was sent to take some X-rays and Mick had headed off to find the Amulet.
During the time Len spent in the Radiology area, Sara fixed a diversion. The diversion forced Nick Anderson leave the office for a few minutes. Should be enough time…
Len crawled down from the table and skipped over to the office part. He found the preferred flash-drive and yanked it out, then he skipped over to the chair where his personal belongings laid. He placed the drive in his wallet and placed the wallet back on the chair.
He managed to skip on his left leg over to the x-ray table and lay down just in time before the examiner returned.
"Okay, let's see if there is any irregularities inside your knee…"
Len nodded, and glanced over at the office part of the room.
"I sure hope everything is alright!"
"We all do that…" the doctor agreed.
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Half an hour later Mick returned to the waiting area where Len currently sat. He had found the amulet, and they were about ready to leave. Len just had to do the final part of his 'acting' gig…
Rip had managed to hack the X-ray machine to show a fracture in Leonard's tibia, so Len would have to wait for the doctors to put him in a cast. He would of course be released from it as soon as they returned to the Waverider.
He handed Mick his wallet, with the USB inside, before he rolled over to a waiting nurse. She led him to the room where he would be put in a cast for the nth time in his life. At least this time it was fake…
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